Pressed metal clothes hanger



April 10, 1951 F. OZLEK 2,548,810

PRESSED METAL CLOTHES HANGERS Filed July 19, 1948 attorney Patented Apr. 10, 1951 UNITED STATES e'rENT OFFICE PRESSED METAL CLOTHES HANGER Leon F. Ozlek, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application July 19, 1948, Serial No. 39,492

1 Claim.

The object of this invention is to devise a novel pressed metal clothes hanger having two telescopic parts which can be adjusted for different sizes of coats, and wherein the parts are retained in their adjusted position by the hook which serves to support the hanger.

A further object of the invention is to devise a novel hanger bar consisting of telescopic sections connected with the coat supporting parts of the hanger.

A further object of the invention is to devise a hanger which can be economically manufactured with a minimum of component parts.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will hereinafter clearly appear, my invention comprehends a novel construction and arrangement of a pressed metal clothes hanger.

It further comprehends a novel hanger having two telescopic parts adjustable for different sizes of coats and retained in their adjusted position by the shank of the hook which serves as the support of the hanger.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of it, which I have found in practice to give satisfactory results. It is, however, to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention is not limited to the exact arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities, as herein set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pressed metal clothes hanger, embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the clothes hanger.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings:

The clothes hanger has two coat supporting parts I and 2 retained in position by the shank of a hook 3. A supporting bar 4 of telescoping sections may be employed, if desired.

The coat supporting parts I and 2 have their marginal portions deflected or rolled downwardly, and at their upper portions terminate in substantially straight stretches fabricated to telescope into each other. The upper stretch of the part I has a row of apertures 5 and the upper stretch of the part 2 has apertures 6 which can be brought selectively into registry with the apertures 5, and thereby vary the hanger to support coats of different sizes.

The shank of the hook 3 is threaded as at l to engage the threads of aligned apertures 5 and 6, and the shank of the hook is pressed out to form a stop 8.

The straight stretches of the coat supporting parts are indicated at 9 and Ill.

The coat supporting parts at their lower ends are deflected around the juxtaposed end of a bar section and may be spot welded or soldered thereto if desired.

The two coat supporting parts preferably decrease in width from their bottoms towards their lateral stretches, and are fabricated by a stamping or pressing operation.

The marginal flanges of the coat supporting arms l and 2 are slit to form the tabs H which are pressed up against the bar or rod 4 for supporting the pants of a suit.

It will be apparent that the size of the hanger can be readily adjusted by adjusting the two arms. of the hanger to bring the desired holes into registry and then screwing the shank of the hook into the aligned apertures. It is evident that if desired the shank of the hook can be supplied with a nut and in such case it is not necessary to thread the apertures for the shank of the hook, but I prefer to eliminate the nut as its use involves additional cost in the manufacture of the hanger.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A pressed metal clothes hanger, comprising two pressed metal supporting parts having flattened stretches at their upper ends in telescopic engagement, said parts being deflected downwardly from their lateral stretches with the side marginal portions and the bottom portions deflected inwardly, the bottom portions being split to form tabs, a pants supporting rod having telescopic sections with the outer ends of the sections within the bottom portions of the supporting parts and with the tabs pressed over said outer ends, and a supporting hook connected with said supporting parts.

LEON F. 'OZLEK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 478,062 Laubin June 28, 1892 1,886,298 Nordvall Nov. 1, 1932 2,446,312 Usina Aug. 3, 1948 

